Ecclesiastes 4:6

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Better is a handful with quietness than both hands full with painful effort, a vain striving after the wind and a feeding on it.

Cross References

Psalm 37:16

Better is the little that the [uncompromisingly] righteous have than the abundance [of possessions] of many who are wrong and wicked. [I Tim. 6:6, 7.]

Proverbs 16:8

Better is a little with righteousness (uprightness in every area and relation and right standing with God) than great revenues with injustice. [Ps. 37:16; Prov. 15:16.]

Proverbs 17:1

BETTER IS a dry morsel with quietness than a house full of feasting [on offered sacrifices] with strife.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity, a striving after the wind and a feeding on wind.

Ecclesiastes 1:17

And I gave my mind to know [practical] wisdom and to discern [the character of] madness and folly [in which men seem to find satisfaction]; I perceived that this also is a searching after wind and a feeding on it. [I Thess. 5:21.]

Ecclesiastes 4:7

Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun [in one of its peculiar forms].